Visa Holder Resources

Appalachian Regional Commission

202-884-7700
http://www.arc.gov

Waiver requests under the ARC J-1 Visa Program must be sponsored one of the participating states: Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

Bureau of Primary Health Care

US Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) 
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857 301-443-2216
http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/shortage/index.html

Provides information on Conrad 30 J-1 Visa Waiver programs.

Delta Regional Authority

The Delta Doctors program accepts waiver requests for medical specialists for the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri, Kentucky, Louisiana and Tennessee.

Health Professional Shortage Areas

Bureau of Health Professions 
US Department of Health and Human Services 
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) 
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857 
888-275-4772
http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/shortage/

Guidelines for Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) and Populations (MUPs). Offers a database of Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), and may be searched by region, state, county, designation status, type of service and more.

Office of Global Health Affairs
US Department of Health and Human Services
Room 639H
200 Independence Avenue, Southwest
Washington, DC 20201 
202-690-6174
www.globalhealth.gov 

Provides information on waivers for foreign residence requirements. Also provides policy guidance and coordination on refugee health policy issues to other organizations.